<p>Most of us can agree that Vista sucks. More programs are compatible with XP, and more people prefer it. Do you think this will happen again with Windows 7, or do you think that will be the system that takes over?</p>
<p>Windows 7 has an XP mode via virtual machine so if you have an app that works better on XP, you can run it in that environment. I bought it and will get it in a week so I should know better then. I plan to install Windows 7 as a VM on my MacBook Pro (which already has XP via Boot Camp).</p>
<p>I think 7 Pro is definitely better than XP Pro, but I thought that Vista Business was better than XP Pro, as well.</p>
<p>I don’t know how many people who still run XP will switch to 7. People might still be cutting back on their discretionary spending, and if they’re even remotely stubborn, they might not want to switch.</p>
<p>I am using Windows 7 now and loving it. The compatibility and drivers for my computer have been mostly installed by default, except my Realtek integrated sound that needed updating. Everything else has been a smooth ride. Microsoft got this one right.</p>
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<p>How many people switch OS on the same computer anyway. I would guess most will wait until they get a new one.</p>
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I know a lot of people who have bought computers with the Vistaster preinstalled who chose to upgrade to XP.</p>
<p>Installing Windows 7 right now. It took me a day to download it (network issues and other problems) and then I had to update the BIOS and it’s hopefully running now. I actually expect it to fail due to a Vista bug but I will be presently surprised if it manages to work around the Vista problem.</p>
<p>I don’t agree with the premise that Vista sucks, but then, I didn’t start using it until SP2 was out and I put it on a new, well equipped computer. I missed out on the trauma that early adopters had. That said, I do plan to switch to Win 7 based on what a number of friends and other sources have said. For the record, XP wasn’t bad but it wasn’t exactly a walk in the park either.</p>
<p>Just in case anybody doesn’t know about it, MS has a special $29.99 Win 7 upgrade offer for college students. See [Windows</a> 7 US Online Store - Student Registration](<a href=“http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/en_US/DisplayHomePage]Windows”>http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/en_US/DisplayHomePage)</p>
<p>Vista does suck. There’s a bug in Vista, Vista SP1 and probably Vista SP2 that prevents you from upgrading so I got the bug in SP1 and couldn’t upgrade to SP2. I discovered the bug after spending about four days trying to upgrade. Thanks a lot Microsoft. That’s why I’m wondering if the upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 is going to work for me. I did start the install last night and came downstairs in the morning and the login screen was there. I logged in and it looked like Vista. Checked system properties and it was still Vista. So I started the installation running again this morning before heading off to work. I’m not expecting success. After that I’m going to try a clean install. I will have to install a ton of drivers and software with that approach and expect to take two or three days to find my disks and install the software.</p>
<p>In comparison, I upgraded to Snow Leopard a while ago. I put the DVD in, maybe answered a few questions and it was done in under two hours. We have a Tiger to Snow Leopard upgrade to do as well and I expect 0 problems.</p>
<p>Digital River is going to refund the purchase price for Windows 7 for me given all of the problems that I’ve had. They said that I can keep the software. My guess is that Microsoft really wants people to run Windows 7 and have a good experience with it. I imagine that those with new systems are fine - upgrades though…</p>
<p>I’m looking at a 27 inch iMac. The thing looks great!</p>
<p>It looks like the downloading problem is widespread with the Digital River article. There are many news articles on the problem. The solution is to burn your own ISO. I did get everything up and running after two days and Windows 7 is nice. Boot, shutdown and general runtime is better than Vista (though I was stuck on SP1).</p>
<p>Windows 7 is better than vista which is better than XP. There were a lot of factors, including bugs, that led to the internet hatred of vista. It is not that bad of an OS. Vista was not as kid-friendly as it could have been. Dealing with people upgrading from a lot of different configurations and different versions of windows isn’t very simple.
There will always be people who love XP until the internet tells them otherwise.</p>
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<p>I guess that those exploding fuel tanks on Ford Pintos were just minor bugs too. Vista had human factors problems. It had quality problems. It had political problems. And it had bugs that could drive you crazy. The minimal requirements that they came up with were too low because of politics. Businesses weight the costs and benefits of upgrading. For the most part, their professional judgement was to stay with XP.</p>
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<p>They got it right with Windows 7. I’ve seen a few driver and configuration issues but just fairly minor stuff with Windows 7.</p>
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<p>Some don’t want to shell out $100 for a new operating system either.</p>
<p>7 is much better, IMHO, but the pricing structure is nutso.</p>
<p>GET 7. if you are still on XP, you are a fool, plain and simple.</p>
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<p>I have 15 XP (at least) systems. Even with the family pack (supplies appear to be selling out quickly), that’s $750 to upgrade systems that are running perfectly fine. There isn’t a direct upgrade from XP to Windows 7 and that would mean rebuilding all of the user accounts on the systems. A rational analysis for those on XP would be to count the costs for upgrading to Win 7. It frequently doesn’t make sense.</p>
<p>If you’re getting a new system, then sure. Otherwise, if XP is working for you, there is no reason for you to upgrade, or else something might just break by chance. With software being as complicated as they are in this day and age, you never know. If XP is posing problems though, then keep reading.</p>
<p>I find Win7 to boot faster than XP, be just as stable, while offering a much more modern computing experience. It’s much more polished than Vista, the code base is a bit more mature, and it’s just a wonderful operating system.</p>
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<p>I agree with your comments. I suspect that they’ve done some work on threading to improve runtime performance and I think that they no longer preload legacy shareable images which improves memory consumption and boot time. Shutdown time is improved too. Nowhere as good as Mac OS X (shuts down in four to six seconds on my MacBook Pro) but much better than the half-minute that Vista used to take.</p>
<p>If you have a really old system running XP and are unhappy with the performance, it might make a lot more sense to just buy a new system. Processors, memory bus speeds, memory, disks are a lot faster than XP-era components and there’s far more support for newer devices. If you need compatibility with older devices, you can just keep your old machine around for that.</p>
<p>ive had vista since launch. it doesnt suck and i have had no issues since sp1. Vista IS better than XP and 7 is better than Vista (as OSs get better after each iteration almost always), so yes, 7 is the way to go. Go 64 bit, and you can get it for $30 through microsoft as long as you have a .edu email. They offer BOTH professional and home premium for the same price. GET PROFESSIONAL x64 since it’s better. You have until January.</p>
<p>I use XP, and I have tried 7, but frankly, my laptop’s specs are so bad that I just can’t run 7 comfortably. I have 1gig of ram, so that isn’t the problem. I have an integrated GFX card (950 mobile intel chipset, kill me now), so I have to like, disable most/all w7 effects to get a good run speed, in which case I might as well run XP.</p>